tribalist

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈtraɪbəlɪst/ UK /ˈtraɪbəlɪst/ See IPA manual

noun adj

Meanings

1

noun
a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else

He was a tribalist who judged every idea by which side proposed it.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who favors loyalty... factionalistsectarian partisan clannish

Opposites

cosmopolitanuniversalist

Word family

Related forms tribe tribal tribalism

Etymology

From tribal (from tribe, from Latin tribus 'a division of the Roman people') + the suffix -ist.

tribus Latin tri Latin

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Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives

# tribalist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈtraɪbəlɪst
**IPA (UK):** ˈtraɪbəlɪst

## Meanings
1. a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else

## Examples
- He was a tribalist who judged every idea by which side proposed it.

## Synonyms
- factionalist
- sectarian
- partisan
- clannish

## Antonyms
- cosmopolitan
- universalist

## Related Forms
- tribe
- tribal
- tribalism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tribus
- Root: tri

## Etymology
From tribal (from tribe, from Latin tribus 'a division of the Roman people') + the suffix -ist.

## AI Etymology
Tribalist is from tribal (from tribe, from Latin tribus 'a division of the Roman people') + the suffix -ist. Important recorded forms include tribus (Latin) and tri (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else. The wider family includes related words such as tribe, tribal, and tribalism.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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